Organización para la Defensa y Conservación Ecológica de Intag (DECOIN)
Founded to confront a large-scale mining project threatening communities and environment in the Intag Valley, DECOIN promotes conservation measures and alternative livelihoods to advance the conservation of the area’s Andean biodiversity. Over the past 22 years, the organization has created community-based forest reserves to protect watersheds in 38 communities, totaling 12,000 hectares. Sustainable agricultural activities such as small holder organic coffee production, aquaculture, poultry farming, and egg production, as well as eco-tourism ventures, provide additional income to struggling families and viable alternatives to mining, which remains a strong pressure in the area.
Key Facts
Equator Prize Winner: 2017
Founded: 1995
Location: Cotacachi, Imbabura, Ecuador
Biodiversity: Forests, Mountains, Rivers, Wildlife
Case Study
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Equator Prize 2017
Latin America And The Caribbean
Freshwater Management
Ecoagriculture and Food Security
Contact Information
Silvia Quilumbango
President
Cotacachi, Imbabura, Ecuador
www.decoin.org
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